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Santa Ynez ValleY newS Tuesday, May 12, 2020 B3 00 1 SANTA YNEZ VALLEY NEWS STAFF REPORT When COVID-19 safety mea- sures took affect, the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County initiated the SAFE (Safe Access to Food For Everyone), Food Net and the SAFE home delivery program for seniors. Seniors can dial 211 for home de- livery. For more information, visit foodbanksbc.org A list of northern Santa Bar- bara County and San Luis Obispo County distribution sites is pro- vided. Buellton Buellton Senior Center, 164 Hwy 246 (behind post office); Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Walk in and deliveries for seniors available by calling 805-688-4571 Guadalupe Guadalupe Senior Center, 4545 10th Street; Thursdays, 1-3 p.m.; Walk-in Little Service Center, 4981 11th Street; Last Thursday of month at 12 p.m. Beatitude House, 267 Cam- podonico Avenue; Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m.

to 12:45 p.m. Ranch Acres, 1050 Escalante Drive; 4th Tuesday at 3 p.m.; Walk-in Lompoc United Boys Girls Clubs, 1025 W. Ocean Avenue; Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 1-3 p.m.; Drive-Thru and Walk-In Village Chapel, 3915 Con- stellation Road; Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Drive-Thru and Walk-In FSA Dorothy Jackson Resource Center, 646 N.H Street; Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Walk-in Village Chapel, 3915 Constella- tion Road; Last Friday of month at 3 p.m.; Drive-thru and Walk-In Lompoc High School, 515 W.

College Avenue; Last Saturday of month at 8:30 a.m.; Drive-thru Catholic Charities, 352 N. 2nd Street; from 10- 11:45 a.m. and p.m. (Pre- bagged food is put in cart and pushed out to their car. Basket is disinfected.) Santa Rita Village, 926 W.

Apri- cot Avenue; 4th Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.; Walk in Los Alamos Los Alamos Senior Center, 690 Bell Street; Every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Walk-In only Los Alamos Senior Center, 690 Bell Street; 2nd Wednesday at 3 p.m. (Produce Only) People Helping People (S), 260 Gonzales Drive; Every other Thursday from 10-11 a.m. New Cuyama Cuyama Family Resource Cen- ter (S), 4689 Highway 166; 3rd Wednesday at 12 p.m. Nipomo Nipomo Food Basket, 197 W.

Teft; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. San Luis Obispo St. Church, 501 Fair Oaks; 4-5 p.m.; Drive-thru Santa Maria Orcutt Presbyterian Church, 993 Patterson Road; Fridays from 2-4 p.m.; Drive-Thru Boys Girls Clubs of Mid Cen- tral Coast, 901 N. Railroad Ave- nue; Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 11 a.m.

to 1 p.m.; Drive-Thru and Walk-In Allan Hancock College, 800 S. College Drive; Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.; Drive-Thru and Walk-In Elks Lodge, 1309 No. Bradley; Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Drive-thru Catholic Charities, 607 W. Main Street; Tuesday and Thursday, 12-2 p.m.; Walk-In Oasis Orcutt Senior Center, 420 Soares Avenue; 3rd Thursday from 9:30 a.m.

to 11: a.m. St. John Neumann Church, 966 W. Orchard Street; 2nd Wednes- day from 9-10 a.m. Coast Valley Worship Center, 2548 S.

Broadway; Tuesdays from 10-11 a.m. Angel Christian, 1217D S. Blosser Road; Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Drive-thru Salvation Army, 200 W. Cook Avenue; Monday thru Thursday from a.m.

St. Episcopal Church, 402 S. Lincoln Street; Thursdays from a.m.; Walk-In and Drive thru Victory Harvest Church of God, 619 N. Railroad Avenue; 3rd Monday from 8-10 a.m.; Walk in Drive-thru Calvary Chapel, 2620 Santa Ma- ria Way; 3rd Saturday, 9-10 a.m.; Drive thru only Evans Park, 200 W. Williams; 3rd Friday from 3 p.m.; Walk in Drive thru Rancho Hermosa, 235 E.

Inger; 1st Friday at 3 p.m. Walk in Ynez People Helping People, Old Mission Santa Every other Thursday from 12-1 p.m.; Every Tuesday from 12-2 p.m. (All PHP distributions at this location) Bethania Lutheran Church, 603 Atterdag Road; Tuesday, 4-6 p.m.; Drive-Thru and Walk-In Golden Inn Village Family, 890 Refugio Road; 4th Monday, p.m.; Walk in LOCAL FOOD RESOURCES Food Bank Emergency Food distribution sites for northern Santa Barbara County They were acquitted, although most of the Las Cruses towns- people believed they were in- deed guilty. After the excitement died down, two of the Williams brothers were murdered in San Luis Obispo. The murder was evidently unrelated to the Cor- liss incident and appeared to have been done for money.

(A man was later arrested wearing a gold watch belonging to one of the brothers. He was hanged for the crime). Following the death of the Williams brothers, A. Bascom Williams, a fourth Williams brother, came to Santa Barbara to investigate the circumstances of their deaths and to tie up any loose business affairs. In the fall of 1866, he took up residence in Las Cruces and managed the stagecoach stop as well as being postmaster, deputy sheriff, constable and justice of the peace.

Traffic to and from the Las Cruces stage stop increased af- ter 1875 when the Hollister and Dibblee families constructed a wharf at Gaviota to export their supplies of wool. The wharf soon became the major export- ing site for the farmers of the Santa Ynez and Lompoc Valleys. After dropping off their farm ex- ports at the wharf, most stayed overnight in Las Cruces before making their way back home. In the late 1870s Williams was elected Santa Barbara County Clerk and moved from Las Cruces to Santa Barbara. In 1877 R.

J. Broughton became the hotel manager, storekeeper, postmaster and stagecoach stop supervisor. Legend has it during this time, the stage- coach stop was not only a post office, store, hotel and polling place, but became a notorious brothel and whiskey emporium. Records show there were many gun fights and robberies. Legend has it there were two prostitutes killed and their ghosts haunt the old adobe to this day.

In 1880, W.W. Hollister and the Dibble brothers bought all of Rancho Las Cruces from Vicente Cordero, one of the sons Miguel Cordero who had gotten the original Mexican land grant. The price was $2,218. The Hollister-Dibblee em- pire continued to grow and by 1891, it comprised over 100,000 acres, including not only Ran- cho Las Cruses but Ranchos San Juan, Salsipuedes, Espirada, Santa Anita and Gaviota. The entire area was referred to as the San Julian Ranch and the part- nership owned 75,000 head of sheep and 500 head of cattle.

Las Cruces continued to prosper under the Hollisters and Dibble brothers during the 1880s and 1890s. Following the death of R.J. Broughton, a Basque sheepherder, Jacob Loustalot and his wife Rosaline rented the adobe from the Hol- listers and became managers of the stage stop, and bar, and closed the hotel due to its repu- tation as a brothel. The station was used by the many Hollister ranch hands, who stopped by for meals as well as drinks. With the completion of the Southern Pacific Coast railroad Line in 1901, stages continued to link the Santa Ynez Valley with the railroad at Gaviota as late as 1914.

The adobe only served as a and bar. Jacob Loustalot died in 1916 and three years later his wife left Las Cruces. The Hollisters continued to use the adobe house as a stop- over when driving their cattle through the pass, but it was no longer a commercial venture. Meanwhile, automobiles were beginning to use Gaviota Pass and on the east side of what is now Highway 101, John and Cesarina Loustalot opened a store and inn to cater to passing motorists. Other business in the immediate area included a gas station and garage.

In 1941, the population of Las Cruses was 64. Today, with the advent of the overpass connecting Highways 1 and 101, there are no busi- ness left to serve the traveling public at Las Cruces. The orig- inal adobe house built by the Cordero family and served as the stage stop still stands and is a historical site. In 1967 the Cal- ifornia State Parks Department purchased the adobe and sur- rounding lands from the Hol- listers and it is part of Gaviota State Park. As you drive Highway 101 and pass under the Highway 1 overpass, take a moment to re- member Las Cruces and its col- orful history: pay tribute to the hundreds of Chumash buried there, the Spanish and Mexican settlers who drove to develop the county, the many services provided by the community of Las Cruces and to the many pi- oneers who would not have been able to homestead and earn a living without Gaviota Pass.

Former mayor of Buellton, Judith dale built her career in education and continues to serve the local community as santa Barbara County 3rd district representative to the Library advisory Board and board member of the santa ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Founda- tion. she can be reached at ju- Dale From B1 THE BUELLTON BACH BLUEGRASS STROLL Two fantastic young musicians bring great music to the neighborhoods of Buellton on May 13, 16, 20, and 23 See City of Buellton FB or buelltonrec.com for Route Map and more info. This event is sponsored by the City of Buellton Arts and Culture program KAITLYN GREENWOOD, violin and LUKE HEMMING, guitar.